I am giving a talk on Aristotle at the “How to Speak of What is Essential?”-symposium organized by the The Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters at Helsinki. For more information see: https://scientiarum.fi/en/events/symposium-hur-tala-om-det-vasentliga/.
I will be presenting a paper on Aristotle on natural teleology at the “Questions arising from the Aristotelian Zoology”-conference, Finnish Institute at Athens, 23.-24.3.2026. Aristotle’s biology has become a flourishing field of scholarship in recent decades, and its relevance has only increased amid growing concerns over biodiversity loss and reconsideration on the relationship between human
I will give a Symposium presentation titled “The Puzzle of Physics III.3: Aristotle on the Sameness of Action and Affection” at the Eastern APA in New York (8.1.-11.1.2025).
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The Kone Foundation has funded Mika Perälä‘s project “Lajien historia ja moninaisuus aristoteelisessa eläintutkimuksessa” (“History and Diversity in Aristotelian Zoology”). One of the aims of the project is to translate Aristotle’s biological works into Finnish (which haven’t previously been translated). The project consists of Tua Korhonen, Erja Salmenkivi, and Liisa Kaski; I will contribute to
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I am co-hosting a workshop on Aristotelian epistemology and natural philosophy together with Mika Perälä at the University of Helsinki on the 10 May, 2023. The workshop is a hybrid event. It will take place at the Department of Philosophy, History and Art Studies, University of Helsinki, Lecture Room 24, The Forest House, Unioninkatu 40.
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